Perinatal Support Washington

04/07/2026

The early days of parenthood can be beautiful, overwhelming, tender, and exhausting, sometimes all in the same moment 💛

If you’re pregnant or have recently welcomed a baby, you don’t have to navigate this transition alone. Join us for a free, supportive, honest workshop on April 16th focused on the realities of the fourth trimester. A s**ce where all experiences are welcome.

Together, we’ll explore:
✨ The emotional ups and downs of becoming a parent
✨ Sleep, feeding, recovery, and daily newborn care
✨ Changes in relationships with partners and family
✨ Cultural and social pressures during early parenthood
✨ Identity shifts and the feeling of needing to “do it all”
✨ Self-compassion and finding your footing
✨ Making s**ce for difficult or unexpected birth experiences

This workshop offers a compassionate, welcoming group s**ce led by Addelle Diedesch, a licensed therapist specializing in perinatal mental health, and a mom of three who understands this journey firsthand.

Come for connection, encouragement, and real support during one of life’s biggest transitions.

👉 Sign up today and give yourself the care you deserve: perinatalsupport.org/events

04/01/2026

🌿 Creating a Nest of Care: Perinatal & Infant Loss Training + Cohort for Birthworkers 🌿

Join us this spring for a powerful learning and community-building experience designed to support birthworkers caring for families experiencing perinatal and infant loss.

✨ Part 1: Foundational Training (April 22–24)
This 3-day in-person training builds essential skills in trauma-informed care, compassionate communication, memory-making practices, and navigating resources for grieving families. Through reflection, discussion, and hands-on learning, participants will gain practical tools and sustainable approaches to this deeply meaningful work.
📍 Casey Family Programs, Seattle
🎓 13 CEUs/contact hours pending/approved

✨ Part 2: Cohort & Monthly Consults (May–December)
Continue the journey with a monthly consultation cohort designed to deepen your practice and build a strong, local network of care.
📍 Casey Family Programs, Seattle
🎓 CEUs pending for LICSW, LMHC, LMFT, RNs.

This series is free for BIPOC birthworkers in King County (sliding scale options available for others). “Birthworkers” are defined as those who are helpers/providers/carers working with people during the childbearing period. They include, but not limited to: doulas, peers, WIC counselors, case managers, nurses, home visitors, perinatal mental health providers, etc.

Led by La Tonia Bussell-Packard and Marquita Straus—experienced, community-rooted leaders in perinatal mental health and grief care, this offering centers reproductive justice, lived experience, and culturally responsive support for grieving families.

👉 Register for the training and cohort to reserve your spot—s**ce is limited! perinatalsupport.org/perinatal-trainings

03/31/2026

Each year on March 31, the world observes Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) to raise awareness about transgender people. It is a day to celebrate the lives and contributions of trans people, while also drawing attention to the disproportionate levels of poverty, discrimination, and violence the community faces compared to cisgender (non-transgender) people.

To all of the trans parents we serve, we see you and will continue to fight for you.

03/23/2026

Check out this event benefiting our friends at Rachel's Gift to provide education on infant loss/bereavement. The 5k walk/run on May 30th will take place at Bradley Lake Park in Puyallup. See you there!

03/18/2026

Today, we're hosting an important training in Whatcom Co. to deepen providers' understanding of perinatal grief and loss, build practical, trauma-informed skills to support families, and advance a shared community standard of compassionate care.

At the end of today, participants will understand the spectrum and impacts of perinatal grief and loss, including how systemic inequities shape experiences and access to care.

For more of our upcoming trainings please check out: perinatalsupport.org/perinatal-trainings

03/12/2026

Check out the upcoming Black Maternal Health Conference featuring our very own Clinical Therapy Program Manager, Lyndsey Williams! The virtual event will take place on 4/16 as part of Black Maternal Health Week 2026. Register today!

The Black Maternal Mental Health Conference is a powerful gathering dedicated to healing, connection, and community-centered systems change in Black maternal mental health. Hosted by Shades of Motherhood Network (SOMN) during Black Maternal Health Week 2026, this conference creates an affirming s**c...

03/10/2026

📣It's the Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance Advocacy Day!📣

Over 100 people across the country are joining together to meet virtually with our elected officials. Today our team met with Senator Steve Daines, Senator Maria Cantwell, and more to fill them in on the maternal mental health crisis and how they can help get funding to fight this epidemic!

👉How YOU can help:
Visit mmhla.org/day-of-action to use the Online advocacy Tool to contact your representatives and tell them to protect maternal mental health resources like the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline and the Maternal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Program.

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03/06/2026

Interested in an Internship with Our Clinical Therapy Program?

We offer a graduate-level internship and practicum training program for students seeking specialized experience in perinatal mental health. This program is designed for master’s-level graduate students in Counseling, Marriage & Family Therapy (LMFT), and Social Work programs.

Our Clinical Therapy internship program combines structured clinical training, supervised practice, and systems-based learning, while expanding access to perinatal mental health care for individuals and families across Washington State.

We're accepting applications now! Check out our website for details: perinatalsupport.org/intern-extern

03/04/2026

Our Parent Resilience Program Manager, Elizabeth, will be speaking at this one-hour webinar on 3/24 hosted by BSK. It's a great way to connect with community!

This event is for anyone curious about how to adapt a program in collaboration with multiple partners, whether that’s in a pilot program or to be responsive to evolving community needs. If you’ve been working with or leading programs for some time, this event could give you new ideas on how to use pilot programs to build relationships with partners or improve programming.

Register at:

SAVE THE DATE: The Infant and Early Childhood and Mental Health Summit is happening May 15 - 16, 2026!Registration opens March 13, 2026. Find out more about it here.

03/03/2026

💫☎️YOU can be the voice on the other end of the line☎️💫

Meet Stephanie, whose lived experience inspired her to volunteer on the Warm Line. She takes calls from parents who are experiencing emotional distress, just like she once did. If you're considering volunteering with the Warm Line, learn more about our next training scheduled for March 28 & 29: perinatalsupport.org/event/warm-line-volunteer

Receiving and providing peer support is unique and powerful for both the volunteer and parent!

Volunteers offer support, find resources, share stories and just listen. But, you won't do it alone, we provide all the training and guidance needed to be a volunteer and part of a team.

02/25/2026

👉2025 was a BIG year for PS-WA! We wanted to share our successes with the people like you who supported us in making it happen:

✨1272 Warm Line Calls
✨1632 Therapy Sessions
✨904 People Trained
✨And more!

Check out the report today!https://perinatalsupport.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Annual-Report-2025.pdf

02/23/2026

📣Priority Deadline is March 1st! We’re Hiring!

Perinatal Support Washington is looking for passionate people to join our team and support families across Washington in the perinatal period!

We currently have openings for:
✨Peer Support Specialist – Supporting Perinatal Loss Families
✨Peer Support Specialist – Supporting East African Families
✨Peer Support Specialist – Supporting Latinx/Spanish-Speaking Families

These roles are all about providing compassionate, relationship-based support, lived experience, and culturally responsive care to parents and caregivers during pregnancy, the postpartum period, and beyond. No professional clinical credentials required for peer support roles—just heart, empathy, and a desire to make a difference.

📩Interested? Learn more and apply by sending your resume and cover letter as directed on our website https://perinatalsupport.org/join-our-team/

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